Ibrahima Mbaye scored the only goal and Nemanja Vidic started as Inter beat Prato in a friendly.
Ibrahima Mbaye scored the only goal and Nemanja Vidic started as Inter beat Prato in a friendly.
The Nerazzurri started out with Walter Mazzarri’s traditional 3-5-2 formation and Vidic showing he is learning the ropes of this tactic.
The first half ended goalless, as Mauro Icardi, Federico Bonazzoli and Joel Obi wasted good scoring opportunities.
Former Manchester United defender Vidic only played the opening 45 minutes, while Yann M’Vila came on for the second half in midfield and immediately seemed very determined.
Mazzarri switched to his experimental 4-3-2-1 system for the final half-hour and introduce Mbaye, who scored within 60 seconds.
It was an Obi corner kick that found ex-Livorno man Mbaye’s header for the victory.
Inter: Handanovic (Carrizo 46); Ranocchia (Silvestre 76), Vidic (Andreolli 46), Juan Jesus; D’Ambrosio (Mbaye 67), Jonathan (Laxalt 62), Kuzmanovic (M’Vila 46), Kovacic (Puscas 67), Obi (Steffe 76); Bonazzoli (Schelotto 62), Icardi